It seems that the you are very good in terms of getting 'good rolls of the dice'.
With the favour of the 'roll of the dice', you had a better chance, but without, I think he was superior despite the slight inferiority in quality. He was not very far from knocking you out. His main mistake was probably in the first leg (only he knows exactly what he tried to do there). The indications for you getting beaten where there though.